Vieira
Vieira was originally a place-based Portuguese and Galician surname.
Origin and Meaning
The local and subordinate the personal name Vieira is derived from Portuguese and Galician name of the great scallop and a common Portuguese family name. First shown is the name at the beginning of the 13th century in the north -west of Portugal.
Bearers of the name
- Adelino André Vieira de Freitas ( Vieirinha; * 1986); Portuguese football player
- Adriano Vieira Louzada ( Adriano, born 1979 ), Brazilian footballer
- Afonso Lopes Vieira (1878-1946), Portuguese writer
- Alcides Vieira ( born 1981 ), Brazilian cyclists
- Alessandro Rosa Vieira ( Falcão, born 1977 ), Brazilian football and futsal player
- André Coelho Vieira, Portuguese colonial official
- Angelico Vieira (1982-2011), Portuguese pop singer and actor
- António Vieira (1608-1697), Portuguese theologian and missionary
- Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório ( Coutinho, born 1943 ), Brazilian footballer
- Armando Vieira ( born 1925 ), Brazilian tennis player
- Arménio Vieira ( b. 1941 ), Cape Verdean writer
- Armindo Fernandes do Espírito Santo Vieira ( born 1953 ), Angolan politician and diplomat
- Benedito de Ulhoa Vieira ( * 1920 ), Brazilian clergyman, Archbishop of Uberaba
- Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira ( born 1935 ), a Colombian priest, Archbishop of Cartagena
- Darcy Gustavo Machado Vieira Lima (born 1962 ), Brazilian chess player, see Darcy Lima
- Filomeno Vieira Dias ( born 1958 ), Angolan bishop in the province of Cabinda
- Francisco Manuel Vieira (1925-2013), Brazilian Catholic bishop
- Geraldo Vieira Gusmão ( born 1934 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Porto Nacional
- Givanildo Vieira de Souza ( Hulk, born 1986 ), Brazilian footballer
- Jaime Vieira Rocha ( b. 1947 ), Brazilian clergyman, Archbishop of Natal
- Jardel Nivaldo Vieira ( Jardel, born 1986 ), Brazilian footballer
- João Vieira ( athlete ) (born 1976 ), Portuguese -goers
- João Baptista Vieira Godinho (1742-1811), Portuguese military and colonial administrator
- João Bernardo Vieira (1939-2009), Guinea-Bissau politician, president from 1980 to 1999 and from 2005 to 2009
- João Manuel Vieira Pinto (born 1971 ), Portuguese footballer, see João Pinto
- Jorge Vieira ( footballer ) ( 1898-1986 ), Portuguese footballer
- Jorge Ricardo Vieira (1922-1998), Portuguese artists
- Jorge Silva Vieira (1934-2012), Brazilian football coach
- Jorvan Vieira ( born 1953 ), Brazilian footballer and coach
- José Vieira de Lima ( born 1931 ), Brazilian religious cleric, Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres
- José Vieira da Silva ( born 1953 ), Portuguese economist and politician
- José Manuel Duarte Vieira (1952-2013), Portuguese electrical engineer and manager
- Julião José Vieira da Silva (1793-1855), the Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor
- Leonel Vieira (born 1969 ), Portuguese director and producer
- Luandino Vieira ( born 1935 ), Portuguese - Angolan writer
- Luís Filipe Vieira ( b. 1949 ), Portuguese businessman and sports official
- Luiz Vieira da Silva (1828-1889), Brazilian politicians
- Luiz Soares Vieira ( born 1937 ), Brazilian priest, Archbishop of Manaus
- Manuel Vieira Natividade (1860-1918), Portuguese archaeologist
- Manuel Vieira Pinto ( b. 1923 ), Portuguese clergyman, Archbishop of Nampula
- Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Junior, Angolan politician and General
- Manuel José Vieira ( born 1981 ), Portuguese footballer
- Mário Vieira de Carvalho ( born 1943 ), Portuguese musicologist
- Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992), Portuguese - French painter
- Marcio Vieira ( born 1984 ), Andorran football player
- Marta Vieira da Silva ( Marta; born 1986 ), Brazilian football player
- Meredith Vieira ( born 1953 ), American journalist, show host and news anchor
- Patrick Vieira (born 1976 ), French footballer
- Paul Kouassivi Vieira ( b. 1949 ), Beninese clergyman, Bishop of Djougou
- Rafael Pires Vieira (born 1978 ), Brazilian footballer
- Rui Alberto Vieira Dias mingas ( born 1939 ), Angolan musician
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948-2003), Brazilian diplomat
- Vasco Vieira da Costa (1911-1982), Portuguese architect
- Waldo Vieira ( born 1932 ), Brazilian physician